Amberfur

can you tell me what's the symbol on row four

and if you close one eye

i'm sick of nonbinary nonhuman characters bc nonbinary human beings exist in REALITY and are severely underrepresented in fiction. i don't like the potential implications of nonbinaryness equating to nonhumanity. we are already so dehumanized in reality.

i like nonbinary nonhuman characters bc i can relate to not feeling fully human. my society does not treat me as fully human, so it's harder for me to relate to nonbinary characters who are treated as fully "people" in their setting, even as an escapist fantasy.

i'm sick of nonbinary nonhuman characters bc most of the time they're feminine humanoids anyway. full disclosure, i lean feminine, but that doesn't mean all nonbinary characters should look like me? ykwim?

i like nonbinary nonhuman characters bc i relate to not understanding esoteric experiences that many people grasp easily. like the gender binary, and gender as a whole.

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

The downside as a beginner is that undoing mistakes is more time consuming than with knitting or crochet. You’ve gotta like sew your mistakes out backwards. Disadvantages of making a really sturdy fabric I guess.

I like the feel of this bone needle though and don’t think I’ll be trying the wooden or metal ones.

Also I think I’m gonna have to get good at doing Russian joining if I decide to get good at nalbinding because I don’t have wool yarn and the ends won’t felt together if it’s not at least 50% wool. A small price to pay for using big bone needle though.